Adjustable shore



Nov. 22, 1932. H. w; R905 1,833,738

ADJUSTABLE SHORE A Filed March 13. 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 [N-VENTOR Y H1y 71. 22003 1.3 A TTOR/W'EY Nov. 22, 1932. H. w. R005 ADJUSTABLE SHOREFiled March 13 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 13 A ITO/(NE y Nov. 22,1932. H. w. R005 I 1,888,738

ADJUSTABLE SHORE Filed March 13. 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR 7228ATTORNE ing thespeoificationj Patented Nov. 22,- 1 93 2 F emm. STAT HENRYnoosyor CINCINNATI, oHIo f YADJUSTA'BLE-SIIIOREV Application filedMarchllfi,

This invention relates to apparatus for forming, concrete floor molds,and particularly to temporary supportssor shores on which the moldsaresupported. I g It is frequently desirable to construot one portion of afloor of a thicker slab of concrete than another portion where thethickportion i is" required. to carry a heavier load than the otherpart. The forms for the mold forthe thick slab are assembled in a lowerplane than those for, the thin-slab, with a substantially vertical wallbetween thein the idifierencexin thickness between the two slabs beingvaried according tothe difierenoe in the; loads to be carried thereon. rl 1 The principal object of this invention is the provision of;a shorewhich isisiinple in construction, efficient in use, and adapted tosupport thefloor forms on oneside ata higher. level than those on theother side. f i Another object ofthe, invention is the pro: vision'of ashore ofthis kind adaptedto su port the floor forms on onefside in ahigher plane than thoseon-the other side, said shore being adjustable tovary the-verticahdistance' between saidplanes. f I

Still another obj eot :of

V the invention sag provision of a shoreadapted to support a pluralityof floor forms at their; corners,fsaid,

form's others. v l v i V. q

f Tothese and other'ends, the invention'oonjsists in the constructionarrangement of parts that will appearffro n'the following descriptionwhen read in conjunetion with the accompanying drawings, the novel fea-ltures beingpointed'outin the claims followa different horizontal: planethan the In the drawings:- 4 y i Fig. 1 is afmgmentar plan view ofafloor mold illustrating 'one embodiment "of the invention; a

Fig.2 is a fragmentary, vertical seotionlof thesame, taken substantiallyon line2 2 of arrows at said line."

shore being adjustable to support one of said 1 p r p ,1 aresubstantiallyrectangular 'pr squareT-in f form, and-arebutaway aetheicorners to fit r 1930; (Serial no 435,450; a Fig 1 and looking i arrowsat saldline s Fig. 3 isase'otion on line line and. showing one of thefloor forins "de taehed; I

i Fig. 4 is-a si F ig. 5 isan elevation of the other side of the shoreshown in'Fig fi-; i

- 5 Fig." 6'' is a i perspective viewjof an "ad able earriershown in FigQ ljl I (F g.7 is aperspective viewo-f another sh'o e shown in Y IFig.8 is apl'an view of the-same; "Fig, 9 isa perspective view; of-a;carrier shown in Fig. '8- 7 i looking in the directionofthearrowat'sai' i Fig. 10 isa frontelevation of I modified form oftlie'shore shown in Fig'f l-i 1 I Figffl'l is asideeleva'tionofthefs'aniejgf,

Fig. 12 is a plan View of theS ll m howing v a'fragnientof a-filoorforrnsupportedthereon and another detaehed therefrom, and

- Fig; 13 is a sectiontaken ion line, 12;-:12of

Fig. ll and looking inthe dire'c'ti n of the Referring specifically I tothe drawi 'n which-like refereiioe numerals; refer 5? sameppartsjinthef'seveifalviews, 1 represents r 5 '7 a filolor' iformofw'ellknowntype: The forms aroundthetop's of shores 2,3 and konfwhichthey are supported to forma floor moldl if In' the embodimei tillustrated, the-forms! 1 are assenibled in a lower'plane 'than thefforms 1'. for the purpose of forming-a thick-' sh'own supportedlon eachof tl eshores 2f3 i i and 4, those supported on the shores 2 ,;all b-fing in the same plane,' while two of those supgl portedon the shorearegsupported at a: lower plane than the otheritwo, and onefot n'theidirection I 1 shores 2.a re of usual construction, each having fourarms, each of which is adapted to engage two of the adjacent, floorforms. By

' reference to Fig. 2, in which one of the shores 3 is shown inelevation, it will be noted that 1 thisshore has two arms 5 and 6 ofusual construction.

a. bracket 7 supported in a lower plane than the The arm 5 is mounted ona bracket 8 on which the ar'mfi is 'mounted.

The arm engages and'supports two of the floor forms 1, and the arm 6 twoof the forms 1"; Thebracket 8 is securedto or formed integral with anupright supporting. member 7 thereof, as shown in the drawings; Thesupport 9 is secured atits lower end toan 1nverted U-shaped bracket 11adapted to be 'mounted onapstor'other suitable supportl Therarm 6"ispivotally. mounted on the bracket ,8 and retained in the operativeposi-' vtioir shown in Figt2by a.-,w'dge 12 or other suitable meansarrangedin an opening in the bracket. 8. "By removing the-wedge, the,arm

- isgfree to fall to anxinoperative po'sitiom'to release the forms,leaving the slab of; new con-t Vcrete supported on the "top '10;

I The arm= is pivoted on thezbracketlj and .re gag s nd supports twoofthe 'formslat their cornerst' Thebracket 7, see Fig.6., is

mounted; on ajcarri'er member 15 adaptedto beadjustably secured to the"support '9. The

member 15, is substantially rectangular in form, and the-bracket 7is;.arranged at sub- Y stantiallyright angles'thereto at'a-pointintermediateiits side "edges and substantially flushlwith its topandf'bottom edges. At the upper ed'geso'f-the carrier member115 and thebracket :7 is a top 16, andfiush with the, inner Y sidepppositethebracket] of thecarrier;

"'The top 16;is in'all respects like the top 10,,

' pluralityjof vertiCally" alined v openings or slots 17- on eashsideof-the bracket 8 or be-: 1' tweenf ai r c t nd era-c f i sc r i a'lsideedges. The carrier 15 is also, provided .7 wit verticallyalinedopeningsor slots-118, sac i ide it bra st a ap e regis- V wi ht eo s-=1 orth ption otbol s- 20 01? other suitable me'ans for securingthe" carrielfito the support 9Q By removingythe b lts 20,,thje1 carrierwith its bracket 7 may; be removed from the 7 support and secured Ithereto inanother position,1with its. top 16; argranged in anotherhorizontal plai' ev neargerto orfarther from the plane oif-thetop 10; Iwil b n i hatby h ar angem ntthe ten .6 and; acket 1 may e. s ured i iupper ini-pl r l ty o i dntaliplan sat d f e nt: i tan el w ihe t p! 0i' d:v

and isladapted to cooperate with two Of'the dj e OImslQlWh Qh ar uppored e l-the 7 arm 5 -fpivoted ion the bracket/7 The upright support 9 isprovidedwith; a

-arearranged substantially flush with the upsubstantially right anglesthereto rt ca ly ned op nings or slots se h eif extend throughthegbracket131;:andj the "bracket 8. If desired, the sides of thecarrier 15 may be reinforced by means of plates welded thereto, asshown. v

The shore 4 is shown in detail in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and will now bedescribed. It comprises an upright support having two walls 26 and 27arranged substantially at right: angles to each other; On each of theouter faces of the walls 26 and '27 is abracket 8' in all respectslikethe bracket 8 and o-n'which form supporting HITIHSQGC are adapted to bepivotally mounted. ThebracketsSfprOject outwardly from their respectivewalls, and

pe'roedges. thereof. Mounted on the upper edges. of the brackets 8 andthe walls 26 and v o 27, and substantially flush with the inner,

surfaces of said walls is a top 28. The top 28fis like the top on theshore 2 but being cut' away along the inner surfaces of the walls I 26mm? it 'is'only ofthree-fourths the areaand; is adapted to: cooperatewith \the corners 1 of only three' of' the forms: 1 whichg'a're mountedon thei arms'ifii An angle fironor bracket 31 1s securedtothe-outersurface of the wall 26 preferably by welding, and: which servesto reinforcethe and'at its outer edge has a flange arranged atsubstantially I right, angles thereto; Aflsimilarangle iron83 issecuredto'the outersuir-face ofthe wall 27 having the'fiange 341'si"ilairly arranged at Arrangedbetweeuthe inner sides .of the walls26*and27'is a carrier member 35. The

arranged atsubstantiallyri'ght angles to each walls, thewal lf'37 in theenibodiment llllls othe'r 'to co rr espond" to the, arrangement of thewalls26and' 27:3 Secured to one of :the a trated, and flush withfitsupperend; is a 2-105 7 V bracket 7" in all respects like v he bracket I7 V whlch is'arrange'd. in a vertical plane sub] 7 inner sides ofjthljwallsg6 and r d The wall 26lisiprov'ided *withi aplural v 27'isprovided with correspondinglyarra ed slots or openings tOandg-iu the'samehoiri OntalpIanesas theopenings 39;Thejwalls- '36 mast-0r thecarrier 35 arefeach' provided" with, vertica'lly'alined openings ll-[and4:2

adaptedto reQister-with o ne 'rnothia-' for:

the openings 39v or 4-(;) in the 'walls26and27 if i when the 'carrierfisplaced inthe angle beg;

tween them, for theqreceptioniof bolts 44 wherebythe carrier issecuredtothe support 7 By rem v gth l l alt e trearrier'ri's free from thesupport and may be movedrY'ert-i: 5'

member 35 comprises two wallsf'36' an d 37' 0 v I Callythereon,,j'when,thefboltsmaybe ei I 1 a *serte d inmewly alil'nedopiinings-for securingi 126i Q plane.

to the support. in anew position with its top nearer to or-farther fromthe top 28 on'the support. Theshore 4 is especiallyadapted to be used ata point where a,

corner ofa thickfloor slab'is joined with the't-hin slab,thecorn er ofthe form 1 being supported on and cooperating with the top of thecarrier ina plane arranged at the desired di'stance below the top 28of'the support which cooperates with three forms '1 supported nthebrackets 8' in the higher -Avertical opening is formed between the edgesof the thick slab moldand the thin slab mold, which is usually filledbymeans of a wall of sheet material secured to the marginal flanges of theforms 1i and 1'. and arranged vertically in the opening. Thisconstruction sometimes interferes with the removal of the floor formssince the forms are: connected to each other. In the present embodiment,these vertical walls can be mounted directly on the shores, and to thisend, the flanges 32 and 34 are provided with openings for the receptionof bolts, whereby the vertical walls 45may be secured thereto. Theshores. 3 are provided with similar flanges 46 to which the walls 45 mayalso be secured. v The flanges 32, 34 and {i6 arecut away at their upperends to provide a clearancefor the downwardly projecting marginalflanges on the floor forms, and thewalls i5 overlap said flanges at thetop and have outwardly projecting flanges at their ends adapted toillustrated which is convertible so that it may be usedfor supportingfloor and beam forms or interchanged with the shores 3 described abovefor supporting floor forms at'the points where athick slab joinsa-thinner one. .The interchangeable shore comprises an upright support50, mountedon a bracket 51, and hav- V .-ing a bracket 52 securedthereto intermediate its lateral edges andflush with its upper end. Aform supporting arm 53 is pivoted to the bracket, and atop 54: ismounted on the upper endsof the'support and bracket and flush with theinner face ofthe support50. The

support 50 is provided'with a'plurality of slots or openings 55 arrangedin two vertical lines extending throughout the length of the support onopposite sides of the bracket '52. A'carrier 56 in all respects like thecarrier 15 is provided with openings 18 adapted to register with theopenings '55 for the reception of bolts, whereby the-carrier maybeiadjustably secured to the inner'faceoppositethe bracket i 52 of thesupport. 3 I r Angular brack ts 57 aresecuredftothe outer 'face of thesupport 50'flush withj itsvertical side edges and provide the outwardlyeXtending flanges" 58, each of which is provided with vertically alinedslot's59. "When the carrier i 3 56 is detachedfrom the support, theshoremay bearranged the' plane of the side'of the beam opening, and "thebeam formsshaving outwardly projecting flanges at their ends maybes'ecuredtothe flanges 58. by means of bolts invthe usual manner. 3 ,2

withreference to certain. details ofconstruc- 'tion, itwillibe'understood that. this applica Although the invention has been"described tion is. int ended .to cover such changesormodifications ascome within the. spirit of the invention or scope of the followingclaims.

.of said suppo rt.

supportingfloor molds in different horizontal. planes, comprising a sup;-port, aform supportingibracket'fliied xtoone side of said support, andi'a form'lsupporting 'bracklet adj ustably mountedon the otherside 2.At'sliore jfor 'sup'portingrfloor v different horizontal plan compiisinside or v said support," a. carrier a djustably mounted on theothersi'dei' ofsaid support, and

1a form supporting arm pivoted on said-"car rieru .1 G .1

r 3'. 1A shore *forsupporting floor, molds, in

gaisup- I port, form supporting bracket fixed to ione .idifl erenthorizontal planes, comprising a;sup-

.. port, a form'su'PpOrting' bracket .fixedto one i 7 side. ofsaidsuppOrt, ;a top on :said support flush withzone side 'thereof,acarrier adjust I iably. mounte,d onrthe. other side: ofs'aid 'support, atop on said carrier -flushl; with 1 said fportingbracket onsaidcarrierf,

' i other-side of i said support, and" a; form sup- 4. Ashore forsupporting floorlmol ds in i I different horizontal planes comprising azsup substantially rightangles' to each. other, fa

.110 7 port; having two; vertical 1wallsTarrangedTat tformsupportingbracketon.-.the"outer surface of each of said'lwalls, and afformsupporting bracketadj ustably mounted '1 the a'ng'le. be-f I :tween'said walls. 5 1..

. diflerenthorizontalplanescomprisinga support having two vertical.walls arranged at "substantially right angles to j each 1 other, Z a ,7form supporting bracket on i the outer;;,sur-

face'ofeacli of said walls, a carrieradjustably mounted in the anglebetween saidwall"s,"-ancl a form supporting arm pivoted onStldagitfrieri {'6. 'A'shore if'or 'supportingflobn diflierenthorizontalplanes'comprising arsupport having'tw'o verticalwalls'arrangiedflat I 5 substantially. right angles to each?otherflaffform supporting bracket-on'the outersur face Y ot'each' of said wallsand flush with the upper edgesthereof, a. top mounted on the upper edgesof said brackets and supportand flush Withtheinner surfaces of saidwalls, and

a form supporting bracket adj ustably mounted between said walls.

l 47. Ashore for supportingfioor molds in differenthorizontal planescomprising a support ha-ving'two verticalrwalls arranged atsubstantiallyrightangles to each other, a

form supporting bracket on the outer surfaee of eachv of. said walls, acarrier adjustably plane of said top, a bracket on saidsuppOrt,

a top on said bracket arrangedin a different. .horizontalplane from thetop on the support andadapted, todirectly engage aj slab 7 to'be formedin-the lower plane, and'means movable on said bracket for detachably supporting a form, forthe mold in the lower" -plane. l

i I In Witness whereoL'I- have'hereunto signed my name.

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mounted in theangle between said walls, said 7 carrier comprising twowalls arranged atsubstantially right'angles to each other,a;form

supporting bracket secured to one'of said walls and arranged betweenthem, and a top "mounted onsaid walls and the upper end of said bracket.

8. Ashore for supporting floor forms in different horizontal planes formolding a floor ofthick and thin slabs, said shore comsprisingianupright support, aformgsupporh ing'bracket secured to one side ofsaidsup- "port,1a form supportingbracket mounted on the other side 01 saidsupport, and flanges 1 arranged in the plane of the side of thefthick' vI "slab and arranged on 'said'support' for supportinga form'r'for'molding averticalfside wall on the thick slab.

9.A..shore for-supporting floor molds ,in-

diflerent horizontaljplane's, comprising a'sup- -1port,a top on saidsupport arranged-in a oizontal plane and adapted to directly engagea'slab to be formed in the higher plane,

-a'braeket on said support for supporting a g I form for the mold in theplanelof said top,

a 'secondlbracket niounted on said support,:.a a

top on said second bracket arranged in a dif ferent horizontal planefrom the top on the 4 support and-adapted to directly engage :a v a slabto be formedin'the lower'plane, and

nieans'on saidsecond-bracket'for supporting I l a form torthemoldin thelower plane. v

i .1 10.- 1A shore for supporting floor' molds indifi'erenthorizontalplanes,-co nprisingasup- I zport, a topproje'ctingfromone 'side'of said I support rand adapted *to directlyi'engage-i a'time he formed in the "higher plane,a"-

'of said top, aesecond bracket on the other side v .-;fer ent:horizontal planes, comprisingja supplane. g o 1 11. A shore forsupporting molds in difport, -a1 toi on 1 saidv support adapted to, di-

bracketonthe s'ainezside ofsaid'support for j supporting a form fortheomo'ld in the plane f irectly engage a slab tov be formedjin "the"higher plane, means movable onsaid sup ,port -.-for detachablysupporting a form in, the

